Window-shade fixture.



C. W. HUTGHINSON. WINDW SHADE FIXTURE. APPLICATION FILED JULY 27,1912.

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nivrTfEn sTaTns PATENT carica CHARLES W. HUTCHINSON, OF NEW ROCHELLE,vNEW YORK, ASSIGNOR OF FORTY- NINE 0NE-HUNDREDTHS TO CHARLES W.NISIBETT, 0F FLUSHING, NEW YORK.

WINDOW-SHADE FIXTURE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 22, 1913.

Application filed July 27, 1912. Serial No. 711,943.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, CHARLES V. HUTGH- IivsoN, citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at New Rochelle, in the count-y of Westchester andState of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inVindow-Shade Fixtures, of which the following is a speciiication,reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings, forming partthereof.

My invention relates to fixtures for window shades and has for an objectto provide mea-ns for removing a shade from the portion of a windo-wopening which is not closed by a window sash, especially from the top,so as not to impede free ventilation.

Other objects are simplicity, inexpensiveness and durability ofconstruct-ion, and facility and reliability of operation.

Still other objects andadvantages of my invention will appear from thefollowing description. D

My invention comprehends a construction in which the shade is carriedalong part of the way with a sash as the sash is moved in one directionuand is automatically released therefrom and'caught again as the sash ismoved back. More specifically the shade is supported on brackets carriedby the sash and is released therefrom by releasing and holding meanscarried by the window frame, which catch the shade as the sash moves byand hold the shade in posit-ion to be caught again as the sash movesback.

My invention also comprehends various other features of construction andcombinations of parts as will hereinafter more fully appear.

I shall now describe the embodiment of my invention illustrated in theaccompany ing drawings, and shall thereafter point out my invention inclaims. h

Figure 1 is a transverse section, taken on line 1 1 of Fig. 2, of theupper portion of a window employing fixtures embodying my invention.Fig. 2 is a plan of the same with the top of the window frame removed.Fig.

3 is a View corresponding to Fig. 1, showing fixtures for one curtainand showing the shade released from the window sash.

In the illustrated embodiment of my invention, one or more shades aresupported at each end on the upper vertically slidable window sash 1 bya bracket such as bracket 2, shown in Figs. 1 and 2, for two shades,

or the bracket 3, shown in Fig. 3, for one shade. The inner endsof thesebrackets are screw threaded and screw into internally threaded tubularmembers 4, which in turn `screw into socket members 5 which are set ldle7 of each shade roller of the shades 12 and 13, this slot 6 being openat its outer end and being formed by bifurcating the bracket, therebyproviding a short overhanging arm 8 and a complementary arm 9 on theunder side of the slot 6, the under arm 9, being somewhat longer thanthe overhanging arm 8, so that, while the roller spindle 7 i is moveddownward with the bracket when it is at the inner end of the slot 6underneath the overhanging arm 8, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, by theoverhanging arm bearing upon lthe spindle, the spindle may be lifted outof the bracket when it is at the outer end of the slot and rest-ing uponthe under arm 9, free of the overhanging arm. To thus move the spindlesin ltheir slots to and from locked position, stationary guides areprovided on the window frame, as will now be described.

On each side of the window frame is secured a plate l0, preferably ofmetal, and provided with outstanding ribs to form vertically extendingguide grooves 11, each of which is provided at its lower end with aportion 14, which turns outwardly from the window sash 1. These groovesare closed at their lower ends, and the respective roller spindles 8 ofthe shades 12 and 13, extend into these grooves and are guided therebyas the sash 1 is raised and lowered. These guide grooves are so disposedthat their vertical portions retain the spindles 7 underneath-theoverhanging arms 8, in the slots 6 of the shade supporting bracket-s,but their outwardly turnedlower ends 14 guide the spindles 7 outwardlyin the slots 6 as the sash 1 is lowered until the spindles are free ofthe overhanging arms 8, and the shades the sash 1. The outwardly turnedends 14 are of such length that the spindles 7 reach the ends of theguide grooves just as they clear the overhanging arms 8, and they areheld in that position in the path of the arms 9 until the sash isreturned and they are picked up by the arms 9, and thereafter arecarried up with the sash. As they are thus moved up, the portions 14 ofthe guide grooves 1l return the spindles to their locked positionsunderneath the overhanging arms 8. It is apparent from the above thatthe shades are locked to the window sash and move therewith as long asthe range of movement is above the outwardly turned portions 14 of theguide grooves 1l, and that if it be desired to lower the sash anyfarther than this, the shade is automatically released and held thereuntil the sash returns. The shade is therefore, never loweredsufliciently to be unsightly, while it is lowered suliciently to permitliberal ventilation at the top of the window.

It is obvious that various modifications may be made in the constructionshown in the drawings and above particularly described within theprinciple and scope of my invention.

I claim:

l. In combination with a slidable window sash and a frame therefor', awindow shade holder carried by the sash and shade releasing and holdingmeans carried by the frames and adapted to release the shade from theholder as the sash moves in one direction, and to hold the shade inposition to be picked up by the holder as the sash moves in the oppositedirection.

2. Window shade fixtures comprising shade supporting brackets adapted tobe carried by the window sash, and shade releasing and holding meansadapted to be carried by the window frame and to catch a shade supportedon the brackets as the sash moves in one direction and release the shadefrom the brackets and hold the shade in position to be picked up by thebrackets as the sash ascends.

3. Window shade fixtures comprising shade supporting brackets adapted tobe carried by the window sash and open at their upper sides, and shadereleasing `and holding means adapted to be secured to the window frameand to extend into the path of a shade carried by the brackets and tocatch the shade as the sash descends and hold the shade in position tobe picked up by the brackets as the sash ascends.

l 4. Vindow shade fixtures comprising two shade supporting bracketsadapted to be secured to opposite sides of the window Sash, and eachhaving a short overhanging arm, the brackets being arranged to sup porta window shade with the roller spindles underneath the respectiveoverhanging arms,

and shade releasing and holding means comprising two guide membersadapted to be secured to opposite sides of the window frame in positionto be engaged by the respective roller spindles and to guide the rollerspindles from beneath the overhanging arms as the sash descends andthereby release the shade from the brackets and to hold the shade inposition to be picked up by the brackets as the sash ascends.

5. l/Vindow shade fixtures comprising two shade supporting bracketsadapted to be secured to opposite sides of the window sash and eachhaving a short overhanging arm, the brackets being arranged to support awindow shade with the roller spindles underneath the respectiveoverhanging arms, and two grooved members adapted to be secured tooppositesides of the window frame in such position that the ends of theroller spindles engage in the grooves of the respective grooved members,the grooves being so shaped that as the sash descends they guide theroller spindles from beneath the overhanging arms and thereby releasethe shade from the brackets, and hold the shade with the spindles in theends of the respective grooves. v

6. In combination with a vertically slidable window sash and a frametherefor, two window shade support-ing brackets secured to the sash atopposite sides thereof and each having a short overhanging arm, thebrackets being arranged to support a window shade with the rollerspindles resting upon the respective brackets and movable longitudinallyof the brackets to posit-ions underneath the overhanging arms and freetherefrom, and two grooved members secured to the window frame atopposite sides of the window in such position that the ends of theroller spindles engage in the grooves of the respective grooved members,t-he grooves being so shaped that as the sash descends they guide theroller spindles from beneath the overhanging arms and thereby releasethe shade from the brackets, the spindles being supported in the ends ofthe respective grooves in position to be caughtby the brackets as thesash aseends and guided underneath the overhanging arms by the groovesas the shade is moved upwardly with the sash.

In testimony whereof I have affixed myl Witnesses:

VIo'roR D. BoRsT, CHARLES 1W. NIsBE'rT.

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